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Some houses hold secrets that are meant to be kept forever…

When Eliza Sullivan inherits an estate from a recently deceased aunt, she leaves behind a grievous and guilt-ridden past in New Orleans for rural England and a fresh start. Eliza arrives at her new home and finds herself falling for the mysterious lord of Havenwood, Malcolm Winfield. Despite the sinister rumors that surround him, Eliza is drawn to his melancholy charm and his crumbling, once-beautiful mansion. With enough love, she thinks, both man and manor could be repaired.

Not long into their marriage, Eliza fears that she should have listened to the locals. There’s something terribly wrong at Havenwood Manor: Forbidden rooms. Ghostly whispers in the shadows. Strangely guarded servants. And Malcolm’s threatening moods, as changeable as night and day.

As Eliza delves deeper into Malcolm’s troubling history, the dark secrets she unearths gain a frightening power. Has she married a man or a monster? For Eliza, uncovering the truth will either save her or destroy her.

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November 1, 2021
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1542032113
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“Well-written, the novel admirably recalls Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights and Henry James’s Portrait of a Lady.” ―Historical Novel Society

“A beautiful, crumbling mansion in the English countryside; a charming but enigmatic viscount; ghosts; rumors; and a labyrinth of dark secrets, lies, twists, and well-executed turns…As if that wasn’t enough, add rich atmosphere and an American-heiress heroine determined to settle her own future. Kennedy has crafted a delicious, romantic gothic mystery that will keep readers guessing even as they’re feverishly turning the final pages.” ―Megan Chance, author of A Splendid Ruin

“I was riveted by Paulette Kennedy’s Parting the Veil, a dazzling debut that hearkens to the best of the classic gothic tradition but with a sensibility that will appeal to modern readers. Kennedy writes with compassion, attention to detail, and the confident prose of a seasoned writer. Deliciously eerie, passionate, and suspenseful, this book is an emotional roller coaster that kept me turning its pages long into the night.” ―Jo Kaplan, author of It Will Just Be Us

“If you love a gothic tale full of twists and turns and things that go bump in the night, Paulette Kennedy’s Parting the Veil is a not-to-be-missed treat. This debut is the perfect book to curl up with on a stormy night, but don’t expect to put it down easily. And don’t forget the Earl Grey and biscuits.” ―Barbara Davis, bestselling author of The Last of the Moon Girls

“An American heiress with a scandalous past meets a mysterious British lord in this swoon-worthy gothic thriller. Parting the Veil takes familiar plot elements―a ruined mansion, family secrets―and gives them a sexy, modern twist. This stunning debut from Paulette Kennedy kept me guessing until the very end!” ―Elizabeth Blackwell, author of Red Mistress and On a Cold Dark Sea

“Parting the Veil is a gothic romance full of sly and sometimes shocking twists and turns, with the requisite crumbling manor house, loads of secrets, and long, haunting shadows of grief. Kennedy spares no mercy for a bucolic English village that teems with lies, forbidden desires, and murder.” ―Kim Taylor Blakemore, author of After Alice Fell

“Atmospheric and cleverly plotted, Parting the Veil grabbed me from the first page and tightened its grip with each immersive chapter. Whenever I thought I knew how it would end, Kennedy’s haunting debut surprised me, while delivering gothic chills alongside each captivating twist. Clear your schedule to read in one sitting like I did.” ―Elle Marr, Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Missing Sister and Lies We Bury

“Absolutely enthralling. This sultry, mysterious, and immersive tale had me in its grasp from page one.” ―Laura McHugh, award-winning author of What’s Done in Darkness

“Brimming with dark atmosphere, ghosts, and tragic family secrets, Kennedy’s debut is a Gothic masterpiece that had me holding my breath until the last page.” ―Hester Fox, author of The Witch of Willow Hall

“A headstrong American heiress with her decidedly non-British ways finds herself in England, in love, in trouble, and possibly being haunted. A lush, gothic tale that will keep readers flipping the pages.” ―Lydia Kang, bestselling author of A Beautiful Poison

“A darkly romantic old school gothic novel with a gasp-inducing twist that’s decidedly new school. In this lushly detailed page-turner, Paulette Kennedy piles on all the haunted house tropes you could hope for, and then some. Read this one with the lights on.” ―Kris Waldherr, author of The Lost History of Dreams

About the Author

Originally from the Ozarks, Paulette Kennedy now lives with her family and their menagerie of pets in a quiet suburb of Los Angeles. When she’s not writing, you’ll find her tending her garden and trying to catch up with the looming stack of unread books next to her bed. You can connect with her on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lake Union Publishing (November 1, 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 367 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1542032113
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1542032117
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1 x 8.25 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #61,049 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #162 in Historical British & Irish Literature
- #316 in Gothic Romances
- #350 in Ghost Fiction

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Writing historical fiction for the romantic-at-heart reader who craves page-turning twists and a touch of the supernatural, Paulette Kennedy infuses her stories with realistic detail to create a cinematic, immersive experience for the reader.

As a history lover, she can get lost for days in her research—learning everything she can about the places in her novels and what her characters might have experienced in the past.

Originally from the Missouri Ozarks, Paulette now lives with her family in a quiet suburb of Los Angeles. In her free time, she enjoys tending to her garden, knitting, and finding unique vintage treasures at thrift stores and flea markets.

You can connect with her on Twitter and Instagram at @pkennedywrites

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Desiree

A dark delight

Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2021

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I stayed up much, much too late to finish reading PARTING THE VEIL, and I have no regrets.

This feminist and queer gothic romantic thriller was a fantastic read. It has beautiful prose and an atmosphere that I really sunk my teeth into—it’s the kind of writing that feeds you.

As the mysteries of Lord Havenwood and Havenwood Manor unfolded, there were lots of discernible clues for the reader, and yet the twists were expertly built to a very satisfying conclusion—one I’d guessed, another I hadn’t, but no less enjoyed. I had so much fun digging into each scene trying to figure out if my theories were correct.

And because I’m a romance writer and reader I would be remiss not to point out how much I loved the romantic elements. I’m still thinking about Malcolm’s letter to Eliza. Short, sweet, but packing heat (fans self).

Fellow romance lovers, please note that the steamy scenes (and there were a lot of them) were fade-to-black. I would have LOVED open door scenes, but then again I’m the type of reader who doesn’t think you can have too much spice ;) While romance isn’t the central plot, especially in the second half of the book when the mystery and thriller elements come to the forefront, it is the backbone, as another reviewer pointed out. Still, the story ends happily and hopeful and I absolutely adored it.

I was told this book would be a treat and a dark delight and it thoroughly was! This was a fabulous debut, and I cannot wait to read more by Paulette Kennedy.

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Maria Mcallister

Spectacular Debut

Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2021

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A dark, page-turning tale that I couldn't put down. A modern, accessible voice brings the Gilded Age to life as Dollar Princess, Eliza, crosses the Atlantic to claim the inheritance left to her by a distant aunt. Financial and familial independence is within grasp...until the final condition of the will is made available to Eliza: In order to inherit, she must marry, and marry fast, or her inheritance will be void.

In the true spirit of historical fiction, Kennedy has brought late 1800's England to life. As a British historian, born and raised in Ireland, I must commend Kennedy on her meticulous attention to historical detail. I fact-checked as I read (a bad habit of mine), and PARTING THE VEIL was accurate from the societal pressures all the way down to the use of gas lamps outside of large cities. We also see the realities of a society built on traditional gender role expectations when one doesn't conform, and the consequences--the erasure of queer culture in history books. With nods to the infamous Anne Lister--who took convention and threw it out the window--we're left with a stunning debut by an author that's one to watch in the future.

Edit: After reading some of the other reviews, I would like to note that I've now read this book twice...and there are no tree frogs present. There are toads, croaking their chorus near the woods. This book could only take place in England, as the entire premise is a Dollar Princess entering the British marriage market--a very real occurrence that bolstered the pockets of the British aristocracy, without which the late, great Princess Diana would have never existed (her great-grandmother was a Dollar Princess--an American heiress sent to Britain to obtain a title for her American family in exchange for her American fortune). I stand by my conviction that this is a historically accurate work of fiction that was meticulous in its research. Well done.

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Jen

Lush and descriptive with twists and turns

Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2021

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I absolutely love this book. It is truly unique and keeps you at the edge of your seat until the very last plot twist. The world building is amazing—it feels gothic and historical yet with a modern style that is accessible and easy to read. Highly recommend.

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Megan C.

A haunting read that I couldn’t put down.

Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2021

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This novel absolutely took my breath away. The characters are real, dynamic, and captivating. The gothic atmosphere is both chilling and mesmerizing in the best of ways. And the twists! It's rare that I'm surprised, but there were some things I didn't see coming, and yet they made so much sense once revealed.

Paulette effortlessly weaves a tale that sucked me in and still hasn't let me go. It’s all the best of gothic and historical fiction, but told in a way that’s accessible to a modern audience.

Do yourself a favor and pick this one up!

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M. Dowden

Disappointing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 1, 2021

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I must admit that personally I found this book rather disappointing, although at the centre of it is a more than good enough plot, but the tale gets stuck down with other elements and also inconsequentialities which bogs down not only the narrative pace, but the enjoyment of the tale for us readers. I will admit that I was initially in two minds about this book anyway, not because it is the author’s debut, but because we have an American writing a tale that takes place in this country, which there is no indication that she has ever lived here. For a start we have a local telling our main character that the hansom cabs can be found at the end of the pier, which of course is wrong, as they would be in front of the pier. We have the homes near a village with gas lighting, when in fact that would not have been the case, as so many of us are aware of, and indeed as the same situation and the same reasons would have been similar in the US, it shows once again that many Americans are rather ignorant of basic domestic and social history.

There are just so many tropes used here that this becomes rather clichéd, thus lacking a lot of originality, and the same goes for parts of the story where we immediately think of Austen, the Brontë’ sisters, and even du Maurier, which gives this a tired feel and one that arises in a feeling of déjà vu for the reader. The author has gone perhaps for a slightly modern approach to this story, which is in itself perfectly okay, but then they have perhaps tried to tick too many boxes, what with bringing up lesbianism in the period, and the shocking ways of our main character with her new beau, although it is really never explained how she fell in love with the man, as she already seems to have been from once seeing him on a horse in the middle of the night. This is a problem in itself, as well as the fact that from her home she can see the manor next door, which we know is not really likely, unless the house she has inherited was formerly a part of the estate of the other’s and had been sold off. There is thus just a bit too much that does not sit smoothly with the average reader in this country, and perhaps this would have been better realised if it had been written based in America.

That is perhaps the biggest mistake with this novel, that the author has set her tale in a country that she does not really know about or understand, and although there is even a list of books consulted, these in themselves will not give you a good enough grounding in this country of the period this takes place, which makes for us British readers a bumpy story. For the American market this may well go down well, but personally I cannot see this doing as well over here. The story which could have been really good has not been properly thought out and planned leaving a very stale feeling after have read it. I would not say that I absolutely hate this, but I do not like it and have read much better over the years.

69 people found this helpful

Enjoyable Nonsense

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 3, 2021

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It does the job, as a gothic-inspired romance, but it isn’t great. Why the author chose to base it in Hampshire in the UK goodness only knows. She should have located the main action somewhere in the United States, which are many and varied, to improve authenticity. The effect was something like the ‘Europe’ of a Japanese anime film - quaint but unrecognisable.The dialogue often did not ring true of the upper classes in southern Britain at the end of the Victorian era. And tree frogs in Hampshire?! The plot is nonsensical but I suppose that is to be expected of this genre. It is not a book to recommend to your straight-laced granny.

11 people found this helpful

Jude Faulkner

Ripping yarn of dastardly deeds.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 2, 2021

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Unlike another reviewer who disliked this because it has threads from other books, I thought this was cleverly constructed to have all the 'right' elements of a gothic horror. And although the other review mentioned Du Maurier implying Rebecca it's not quite correct because the dread and horror of imaging ghosts was in this case correct, as there are ghosts. Yes there's the old spooky manor, the secret passages etc but the story is very good and shows what happens in society when imagined secrets gossiped about - are made up by locals - and in fact some of the reality is much, much worse. It's basically historically true to the time it's set in as well. There's some really unlucky people in this book, there's some saintly ones and there's a plethora of villains and it kept me engrossed until the end. Even though I figured some of it out, there are enough twists and turns which hide other facts. A well written, ripping yarn.

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Like really bad fan fiction

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 12, 2021

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If you like your period fiction authentic and well researched, go elsewhere. There were just so many clangers - language that people wouldn't have used in that time and place and class; situations and activities that didn't fit with the characters and their social status, as well as flagrant historical inaccuracies. The worst kind of reimagined tripe.

7 people found this helpful

Sconns

Annoying but easy reading

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 16, 2021

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When I first started reading this book I hated it. The way the characters talk is not in keeping with the time period and I found the author overly descriptive as if it were a creative writing project. For example I doubt an English Lord in the 1890s would use the word "chuffed".

The story did keep me interested and I kept reading despite the writing irritating me at points. The writing improved as the book went on but it really wasn't well researched.

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